Fox Mountain Guides

and Climbing School

The Southeast's only AMGA Accredited Climbing School

Rock, Ice Climbing Guides and Rock Climbing Courses in North Carolina

AMGA Training and Certification

The American Mountain Guides Association provides training and the only nationally and internationally recognized certifications in the USA for Rock, Alpine and Ski Mountaineering Guides and is recognized worldwide as the highest American standard of training and certification in these disciplines.

FMG offers the AMGA/CWA Climbing Wall Instructors Course, AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Courses and Single Pitch Instructor Assessments. We offer also offer the Rock Instructor Course for climbers wanting to become multipitch guides working towards the AMGA Rock Instructor Exam, hoping to gain AMGA Rock Instructor Certification. Current (or expired) AMGA Top Rope Site Managers click here for information on gaining the new Single Pitch Instructor Certification.

AMGA courses alone exceed the climbing instructors training and evaluation requirements laid out by American Camping Association, Association for Experiential Education (AEE) Accreditation Standards and USFS Commercial Use Permits for Pisgah National Forest. AMGA certification is now a requirement to instruct at areas across the USA with more areas requiring AMGA Certification every month. Some areas include: Ship Rock NC, New River Gorge WV, Joshua Tree National Park CA, Elderado Canyon CO, and The "Gunks" NY. AMGA Certification is now being required by many insurance companies in order for a guide service to gain liability insurance.

Top reasons for picking Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School for your AMGA Education

When selecting a Provider for your AMGA education you should look past where is the closest course or the first dates that work. You should spend time researching how much experience your provider has teaching the AMGA Programs and working as an instructor in this field. Here are a few top reasons to choose Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School:

	We are the oldest provider of AMGA Programs in the Southeast, offering AMGA Training Programs since 2001. We have trained hundreds of candidates and taught AMGA Programs here in the Southeast and all over the USA. We are the only Provider of the AMGA Rock Instructor Course in the Southeast.
	Our AMGA Programs are taught by AMGA Certified Rock Guide Adam Fox, the National Discipline Coordinator for the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Program and AMGA Certified Rock Instructor Ron Funderburke. Adam Fox is the only SPI Provider in the Southeast that works for the AMGA teaching higher level AMGA Programs in the Rock Discipline. He also serves on the AMGA Technical Committee and is currently on the AMGA Board of Directors.
	We have a classroom for lectures that was custom built in 2008. This enhances lectures and enables us to show video and Power Point Presentations. In the classroom we also have a vast collection of technical manuals from around the world from the past 20 years that candidates can research and use while on our courses.
	Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School is the Southeast's only *AMGA Accredited Program* offering AMGA Courses.
	Fox Mountain Guides is located at the entrance to Pisgah National Forest, offering the prefect terrain for the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor and Rock Instructor Courses.

Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School can offer you AMGA training at a level unparallel in the Southeast!

Rock Guide Course

Aspirant Exam

Rock Instructor Course

Certified Rock Guide

Rock Guide Exam

Rock Instructor Exam

Certified Rock Instructor

Single Pitch Instructor Course

Climbing Wall Instructor Course and Assessment

Single Pitch Instructor Assessment

Certified Single Pitch Instructor

Certified Climbing Wall Instructor

Blue Indicates Certification Level

Green indicates a point where the program can be entered. I.e. The Climbing Wall Instructor Course, Single Pitch Instructor Course and Rock Instructor Course.

Email with questions about our AMGA Programs

Need climbing instructor training but don't meet the AMGA Course prerequisites or do not have enough time to take the 3 day course? We also offer one day and two day climbing instructor courses and workshops. Click here for more information.

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Rock Climbing Guides, instruction and courses offered by the Southeast’s only AMGA Accredited Climbing School,

Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School North Carolina NC.